Outline India Research Associate Reviews

Likes

I was fond of some of my peers; too bad most of them left the company within a month or two of joining. They hire good people with great academic records, but that is just to flaunt on their website and proposals (to win bids); they don't really value their work or achievements.

Dislikes

The Founder, Prerna Mukharya, is a control freak and an attention-hog Senior Management is extremely rude and unsupportive of new hires. No training is provided; they just expect you to magically know how everything in their company works Toxic work culture, office politics, partial treatment, no proper time given for lunch Constantmicromanagement by the founder and seniors Public belittling of staff (receptionist and office boy are holding on for dear life), no constructive criticism and personal remarks are very common No proper system for day-to-day work even after over 10 years of operations False urgencies and calling at odd hours No proper norms on notice period; even if you do everything right, they refuse to pay and release experience letter when you leave In short, if you choose to work here, there is a high chance you'll have to remove this experience from your resume because they try to harass you even after you leave and get hired elsewhere, as they deliberately sabotage your background checks....Read More

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Nothing as this is a worst company.

Dislikes

Pathetic organisation with no moral values. No scope of growth at all. They just know how to do politics.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Likes

It is a data collection firm. Colleagues are fairly professional and friendly.

Dislikes

The organisation is run by a single person who is not very professional. The senior management as well as the owner do not have a sound and technical knowledge about research. The environment is extremely toxic. The owner often uses negative and harsh language to acknowledge employees work. No variable bonuses. No perks or any sort of reimbursement. The senior management is not sensitive to employee needs and requirements. There is no flexibility in work timings or schedule. One can hardly ever take a leave without getting negative comments from owner. In terms of learning and growth - the firm provides very limited learning scope since the management has only 5-6 years of experience themselves in doing the actual research work (desk review, tool development, data collection, analysis and report writing). They don't push employees towards learning new skills. Overall - not a good and positive place for an academic or M&E research based professional....Read More

Work Details

No work life balance. One has to work on weekends. No fixed timings to end the work during weekdays. On top of it, the owner and senior management do not acknowledge the extra effort that employee puts in.

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country.